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1. rmh625
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I've been using Mystique with the 2 column/right sidebar settings, with no problems, for several months. Today I upgraded to WP 3.0, and things were still fine after that, so I don't think this is necessarily a 3.0 issue. Anyway, shortly thereafter, when on the dashboard I saw that an upgrade to Mystique 2.3.1 was available, I upgraded to that. Now, I did not download it, save it on my pc, upload with ftp, etc.; WP just did it, and said that I had been upgraded successfully -- and that shows as the theme I'm using.

   After the upgrade, I noticed that my right sidebar was wider than before, presumably having returned to the default setting. I should mention that I like to post lots of photos, so previously I had reduced the sidebar enough to fit photos at 768 pixels. However, when I went to the "Mystique settings" page, when I tried to change the column size to fit those larger photos, I couldn't do it without the sidebar disappearing. And I guess this probably explains why: there's a box of text above the sidebar, saying "You activated the 2nd sidebar. Add widgets here from the Dashboard to remove this message." This bizarre message is not visible on the public view of my blog, just when looking at it at the Mystique settings page. Now, I do have lots of widgets in my sidebar, and I had one in my footer as well. When I first brought up the settings page, I noticed that that footer widget was now at the top, in what appeared to be a third column/2nd sidebar. I deleted that widget, to see if that would correct things, but it hasn't. I'm guessing this all has to do with a new feature I see on Mystique 2.3.1 -- at the bottom where there's numbers for all the previous pages, which is a GREAT feature and a vast improvement over having to hit "Older entries" over and over.

   However, as great as that new feature is, for my site it's really urgent to have this resolved ASAP, as I've already posted a lot of photos that now have good portions of them cut off.

   Sorry for going on at such length, but this is not easy one to describe.

   Thanks!

2. digitalnature
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   provide a link to your site.
   in 90% of the cases it's a browser cache issue. remember to clear it every time you upgrade a theme or plugin...

3. dannycox
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I've got pretty much the same happening here at http://www.grandprixminute.com/

   Using Mystique 2.4.2
   WordPress 3.0
   I.E. 8

4. samywamy10
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Re-download the theme and upload. Problem solved (it happened to me too :)).

5. dannycox
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks for the tip, no change I'm afraid - done that twice now.

6. rmh625
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks for writing, digitalnature -- it's a wonderful theme, and I love that new feature that displays all the page numbers. I hadn't cleared the cache, so I just did it on the two browsers I use -- IE8 and Firefox 3.5. Now I'd say the issue is semi-resolved: I can widen the main column enough to fit 768 pix and keep the right sidebar -- except that the sidebar is somewhat smaller than before, now cutting off many of the banners in the sidebar. I used to be able to fit images up to 160 pix there; now the max is around 120. It's also cutting off some of the widgets I have there, like the calendar.

   I should also note that I am able to access the settings page only in Firefox; in another thread in this forum, someone has pointed out that the settings page does not currently work with IE.

   Sorry I didn't provide a link to the site in the first place. I hesitated because it's an adult one -- specifically a gay porn blog. So, with that warning, here's the link to it:

   http://gaypornarama.com/

   Thanks for your help!

7. rmh625
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I want to add that I have been using the Fixed setting. I just changed it to the Fluid, which allows the sidebar to be seen fully, but I think Fixed looks better, so I hope something can be done about this. Thanks again.

8. dannycox
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   In case it helps,I tried this on a totally different blog, same thing happened. There it was running on WP 2.9.2.

   What it seems to be doing with me is working perfectly and looking beautiful for a few seconds as it correctly opens up a 2 col blog into the 2 col Mystique settings. Then all of a sudden it appears to change itself into a 3 column blog adding that "You activated the 2nd sidebar" message. No matter whether you remove or keep any widgets, that sifdebar message remains, leaving it in 3 col mode.

9. baxbanni
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   @dannycox
   Happened to me also often.
   Eyerytime when I tried to change settings with Internet Explorer, nothing works anymore - like your homepage.

   When I change settings with firefox - no problem.
   My quick advice: Try to reset to default settings with firefox and then do your settings, that you want, also with firefox.

10. dannycox
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    @baxbanni Perfect !! That did the trick, thankyou !

11. rmh625
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    I've been trying to fix this using firefox all along. I did try the reset to default/then change settings thing, but it didn't work for me. I'm not always seeing that 2nd sidebar message popping up, but I still can't get it to where I can post images with 768 pixels and have widgets/banners in the sidebar up to 160 pixels -- which is what I had before I updated to WP 3.0 and Mystique 2.3.1.

    It's so frustrating. One other odd thing I notice is that, whenever I go to the Mystique settings page, there's a message at the top saying, "There is a new version of Mystique available. View version 2.3.1 for details." And yet, as mentioned above, when I go the Themes page, it says I'm using Mystique 2.3.1! I'm guessing this is just glitch of some kind, but perhaps it is part of why I'm having this issue.

    In the meantime, as a temporary fix, I'm still using the fluid width, but that really doesn't look good -- way too much white space. If I could put another color in there, it might work, but as far as I can tell I don't have that option with Mystique.

    I'm beginning to wonder if I'm just going to have to go with another theme.

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